See how often each visible character appears in the text

Writers and students can use this before publishing or revising content, whenever a manual check would interrupt their flow. See how often each visible character appears in the text.

See how often each visible character appears in the text. Everything stays in your browser, and nothing is uploaded or stored.

How to use

Paste the text whose character makeup you want to study into the input area.
Choose whether to display characters, words or lines for the analysis.
Turn on alphabetical order if you prefer a sorted list instead of frequency order.
Run the analysis and read the counts for each item.
Copy the table to compare this text with another version or document.

Example

With the sample abracadabra, notice which letters appear most often and how the other characters are distributed. This can reveal an unintended repetition before you publish or submit a text.

Input

abracadabra

Output

a: 5
b: 2
r: 2
c: 1
d: 1

Limits and formats

Only visible characters are counted; spaces and line breaks are handled differently.
A high frequency does not automatically mean an error, only that a character repeats.
Results apply to the text you provide and do not compare two documents automatically.
The count does not consider word meaning, so interpret frequencies with the context of the text.

Where processing happens

Counting takes place inside your browser. The analyzed text is not sent outside, and the tool does not keep a copy of it. You can run several counts in a row without creating a file.

Frequently asked questions

Why study character frequency?

It helps reveal repetitions, observe a writing style or prepare a simple cryptography exercise. You can quickly see which signs dominate the passage being analyzed.

Does the tool separate uppercase and lowercase letters?

It counts characters exactly as they appear in your input. If a letter occurs in both cases, inspect the list to see how the selected display presents them.

Can I analyze a large document?

You can paste a long text or open a compatible file, then run the analysis. For a very large document, splitting it into parts makes comparisons between sections easier.